FF7 1998 Problem - New Graphics Card?

[Sega Chief]

Hey all, so I encountered a problem where FF7 1998 (converted with 7H & using Aali's 8.1 driver) will close down on start-up with no error message. In the past this has happened due to a file being misnamed somewhere but this time everything's got the correct name so I'm at a bit of a loss.

I recently installed a new graphics card though, an Nvidia GTX970, and I remember there being trouble of some kind with certain brands of card when running FF7 a while ago; could it be related to that? It's the only thing I've really changed in the PC since I last played it. Any help/info/ideas about what the problem is would be appreciated.

Edit: The Steam version seems to work fine, and I tried replacing the 1998 files that I usually mod with default ones in case one had been corrupted but same thing; closes down before the Eidos movie can play.

[nfitc1]

This may not be the problem for you, but that's also happened to me when my audio drivers aren't set up correctly. Check to see if you have any message in your app.log

[Sega Chief]

Ah, you might be right. It stops at 'initializing sound'. I guess the new card did something to it? How did you fix yours in the end?

[EQ2Alyza]

See if this works...run the 7H Converter again and set up FF7Config.

[nfitc1]

Like EQ2Alyza said. I run the config prog again. Usually by changing the audio source around a few times will get it to write the correct value to the registry.

[Sega Chief]

That did the trick; thanks, you two.

[DLPB_]

Yeah sorry about that, I debated posting that last night but I wasn't sure whether I was being a dumb ass.  I was too tired

[Sega Chief]

No prob; it's the thought that counts :p